"Yohei Kawachiya"

...This murder was soon adapted into a Kabuki play, but the influence of this work is unclear. Kawachiya Yohei is a timid yet selfish brat, but he is the boss of his stepfather Tokubei, who has risen to the position of store manager, so he cannot punish him even if he kicks him, and his biological mother is torn between her feelings of in-laws for Tokubei and her love for her son. Having been disowned, Yohei is unable to repay the 200 momme of new silver he owes to O-kichi, the wife of the neighboring oil merchant Toshimaya, but when she refuses, he kills O-kichi. ...

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…この殺人事件はすぐに歌舞伎に仕組まれて上演されているが，本作への影響関係は不明。河内屋与兵衛は小心もののくせにわがままな蕩児であるが，番頭上りの継父徳兵衛にとっては主筋にあたるので足蹴にされても折檻もできないし，実母はその徳兵衛への義理と息子への愛情にはさまれて苦しむ。勘当された与兵衛は新銀二百匁の返済に窮して隣家の油屋豊島屋（てしまや）の女房お吉に頼みこむが，ことわられてお吉を殺す。…

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